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Quartz countertops- kashering for Pesach



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amother
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Post Sun, Oct 13 2024, 8:30 am
About to redo my kitchen and are debating on quartz countertops. I really like how they look. The halachic opinion that I follow says that it’s OK to kasher them for Passover by using boiling water. How does one do that without ruining them? (If your opinion is that they aren’t kasherable, that’s fine but that discussion is not relevant here)..
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Molly Weasley  




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Oct 14 2024, 10:14 am
We hold it's not kasherable but we "kasher" them anyway as a chumrah.

If you're just using boiling water, it doesn't really affect the resin.
If you really worried about it, you can always buy a reglazing product to keep it looking good.
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amother
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Post Mon, Oct 14 2024, 10:34 am
We did quartzite instead of quartz for this reason. I don't think you can pour boiling water directly on to quartz.
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stillnewlywed




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Oct 14 2024, 10:34 am
You're not supposed to put anything boiling hot on quartz
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yalixoxo




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Oct 14 2024, 10:51 am
my kitchen guy told me that if you hold you can kasher granite than you hold you can kasher quartz
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amother
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Post Mon, Oct 14 2024, 10:54 am
yalixoxo wrote:
my kitchen guy told me that if you hold you can kasher granite than you hold you can kasher quartz


That's not true. Granite is stone and quartz has plastic (aka resin) mixed in. Not everyone kashers plastic, especially for pesach.

Eta-Sorry, just responding to the last post. Didn't see that op asked not to discuss this.
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  Molly Weasley




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Oct 14 2024, 11:00 am
stillnewlywed wrote:
You're not supposed to put anything boiling hot on quartz



We do it. It's fine. When they say not to put anything hot, they're talking about 300 plus degrees Fahrenheit.
boiling hot water is just over 212.

Also, it's only boiling hot for the first couple of seconds. Putting a boiling hot pot on a quartz countertop is entirely different.
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amother
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Post Mon, Oct 14 2024, 11:18 am
Molly Weasley wrote:
We do it. It's fine. When they say not to put anything hot, they're talking about 300 plus degrees Fahrenheit.
boiling hot water is just over 212.

Also, it's only boiling hot for the first couple of seconds. Putting a boiling hot pot on a quartz countertop is entirely different.

Thank you!
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